Mayan architechture and culture

ORLANDO SIERRA, AFP/Getty Images08.21.2012

View of a sculpted mask inside Rosalila temple, built by King Kinich Yax Kuk Mo or Quetzal Guacamaya at an Archaeological park in Copan, 400 kms west of Tegucigalpa, on August 20, 2012. Archaeologists believe that the collapse of ancient Copan’s society was so sudden, that the Mayas left unfinished buildings and abandonded tools.

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Indigenous priests take part in a Mayan ceremony at the Kaminal Juyu archaeological site, in Guatemala City on August 21, 2012, during celebrations for the ‘Oxlajuj B’aqtun’ --the current Mayan cycle Baktun 13-- which will end on December 21.JOHAN ORDONEZ
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Indigenous priests take part in a Mayan ceremony at the Kaminal Juyu archaeological site, in Guatemala City on August 21, 2012, during celebrations for the ‘Oxlajuj B’aqtun’ --the current Mayan cycle Baktun 13-- which will end on December 21.JOHAN ORDONEZ
/ AFP/Getty Images

Archaeologists investigate a site at the new Rio Amarillo archaeological park in Copan, Honduras on August 20, 2012. Archaeologists believe that the collapse of ancient Copan¥s society was so sudden, that the Mayas left unfinished buildings and abandonded tools.ORLANDO SIERRA
/ AFP/Getty Images

Indigenous priests take part in a Mayan ceremony at the Kaminal Juyu archaeological site, in Guatemala City on August 21, 2012, during celebrations for the ‘Oxlajuj B’aqtun’ --the current Mayan cycle Baktun 13-- which will end on December 21.JOHAN ORDONEZ
/ AFP/Getty Images

A journalist is seen inside Rosalila temple, built by King Kinich Yax Kuk Mo o Quetzal Guacamaya at an Archaeological park in Copan, 400 kms west of Tegucigalpa, on August 20, 2012. Archaeologists believe that the collapse of ancient Copan's society was so sudden, that the Mayas left unfinished buildings and abandonded tools.ORLANDO SIERRA
/ AFP/Getty Images

Indigenous priests take part in a Mayan ceremony at the Kaminal Juyu archaeological site, in Guatemala City on August 21, 2012, during celebrations for the ‘Oxlajuj B’aqtun’ --the current Mayan cycle Baktun 13-- which will end on December 21.JOHAN ORDONEZ
/ AFP/Getty Images

An indigenous priest smokes a cigar during a Mayan ceremony at the Kaminal Juyu archaeological site, in Guatemala City on August 21, 2012, during celebrations for the ‘Oxlajuj B’aqtun’ --the current Mayan cycle Baktun 13-- which will end on December 21.JOHAN ORDONEZ
/ AFP/Getty Images

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